Dragonfly Song // An Interview with Author Wendy Orr
Dragonfly Song, a middle-grade novel by Wendy Orr is set during the Bronze Age in the Aegean. Working with both archaeological evidence, research and her own imagination, Wendy has produced a brilliant book and in this interview, we chat about her experiences on Crete, her inspiration for the novel and the weaving of history, imagination and myth as well as verse and prose.
- BLURB OF DRAGONFLY SONG -
The little girl found under a bush has no name and cannot speak. Is she a miracle child who escaped the raiders, or is she a bad-luck child, the one who called the Bull King's ship to the island? No one sees the mama-stone around her neck, with the sign of the dragonfly. And only Luki, in training to leap the bulls, knows that she charmed the viper who would have killed him. When the girl turns twelve, she discovers her name - Aissa - and she knows that her one chance to live freely is to become a bull dancer, and be taken away to the island of the Bull King.
- WENDY'S LINKS -
Wendy Orr's Website https://www.wendyorr.com/
Find Wendy on Twitter - @wendyorr
Find Wendy on Instagram - @wendy_orr_author
Find Wendy on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WendyOrr.Author
- BUY THE BOOK -
Australia - https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/childrens/childrens-fiction/Dragonfly-Song-Wendy-Orr-9781760290023
Rest of the world - https://www.bookdepository.com/Dragonfly-Song-Wendy-Orr/9781760290023
- WATCH NEXT -
Swallow's Dance // An Interview with Author Wendy Orr - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQUAcow7n1A&t=20s
The Minoans: A Civilization of Bronze Age Crete - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxnfIe4zgO0&t=382s
The Mycenaeans: A Civilization of Bronze Age Greece - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZioHxDVCGE&t=137s
The Minoans and Mycenaeans: Civilizations of the Bronze Age Aegean - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=criZ8DDhu6g&t=20s
- WANT TO KNOW MORE? -
Read our book review - https://www.worldhistory.org/review/230/dragonfly-song/
Aegean - https://www.worldhistory.org/aegean/
Knossos - https://www.worldhistory.org/knossos/
Minoan Civilization - https://www.worldhistory.org/Minoan_Civilization/
Ancient Crete - https://www.worldhistory.org/crete/
- TIMESTAMPS -
0:00 Introduction
0:36 What is Dragonfly Song about?
5:35 Incorporation of a 'magical' element
11:16 Why do you use verse and prose?
15:49 Part Two of the novel
16:35 Wendy's experience on Crete
21:20 Are you glad you didn't go to Knossos until after you had finished the book?
22:42 Is the chance for more creative license with the Minoans due to our lack of texts a reason why you wanted to write about them?
32:05 Do you hope your books will entice younger students to become interested in this period of history?
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